Club Item Number: D2.79 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The ball is covered with hide, then with beading which has two sections of mauve across from each and two sections of turquoise across from each other outlined with red. The shaft is cloth-covered with an orange patterned cloth and with strands of white, turquoise, and dark blue beads wrapped around it. Long black hair is attached at one end, and feather attached to other end.
History Of Use
War club.
Narrative
The donor said the objects in his donation should be known as the Hillyard Mitchell collection. Mitchell (1852-1923) spent much of his working life in the Northwest Territories, later moving to Victoria, B.C. The donor also said the collection came from his grandfather, F. Carson, who had gone to Saskatchewan in 1861 as a boy of 15, and stayed until 1918. He was a fur trader and trapper, working mainly amongst the Cree, and was recorded having been at Duck Lake and Prince Albert, Sask. It is now uncertain which objects were collected by Mitchell vs collected by F. Carson.
Item History
- Made in North America
- Collected between 1861 and 1918
- Owned by F. Carson
- Owned by Hillyard Mitchell before 1923
- Owned by F. S. Carson before October 28, 1957
- Received from F. S. Carson (Donor) on October 28, 1957
What
- Name
- Club
- Identification Number
- D2.79
- Type of Item
- club
- Material
- glass, wood, stone, horse hair, leather skin, fibre and feather
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, sewn, embroidered and tied
- Overall
- height 130.0 cm, diameter 5.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Plains
- Previous Owner
- F. Carson, Hillyard Mitchell and F. S. Carson
- Received from
- F. S. Carson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North America
When
- Collection Date
- between 1861 and 1918
- Ownership Date
- before 1923 and before October 28, 1957
- Acquisition Date
- on October 28, 1957
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2081/0046